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A Humanist Manifesto was written in 1933 primarily by Roy Wood Sellars and Raymond Bragg and was published with 34 signatories including philosopher John Dewey.Unlike later revisions, the first manifesto talked of a new "religion", and referred to humanism as a religious movement to transcend and replace previous religions that were based on allegations of supernatural revelation.
A Humanist Manifesto, also known as Humanist Manifesto I to distinguish it from later Humanist Manifestos in the series, was written in 1933 primarily by Raymond Bragg and published with 34 signers. Unlike the later manifestos, this first talks of a new religion and refers to humanism as "the religion of the future."
Humanism and Its Aspirations (subtitled Humanist Manifesto III, a successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933) is the most recent of the Humanist Manifestos, published in 2003 by the American Humanist Association (AHA). [1] The newest one is much shorter, listing six primary beliefs, which echo themes from its predecessors:
Was one of 21 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto. [6] Margaret E. Kuhn: American activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement in August 1970. Named Humanist of the Year in 1978 by the American Humanist Association. [18] Paul Kurtz: Co-wrote the Humanist Manifesto, Version II. [51]
Blau was one of the signers of A Secular Humanist Declaration in 1980. He was also one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. [2] He was a foreign member of the British Academy. He died in 1986 in Riverdale, New York. [1]
Edwin Henry Wilson (August 23, 1898 – March 26, 1993) was an American Unitarian leader and humanist who helped draft the Humanist Manifesto. Wilson was born on August 23, 1898, in Woodhaven, New York. He was raised in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated from the Meadville Theological School in 1926.
In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto. [5] The American Humanist Association awarded him the Humanist of the Year award in 1956. [3] Haydon's Biography of the Gods is an account of the origin of human belief in Gods and the rise and decline of Gods throughout history. [6]
He was also a founding member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), IHEU secretary (1952–1966), and received the IHEU's International Humanist Award in 1974, and the Special Award for Service to World Humanism in 1978. In addition he was one of the signatories to the Humanist Manifesto. [3]